general field marshal
thumb|250px|Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian marshal's baton, awarded to Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1895.]]
Key facts
- Military rank.name
- General field marshal
- Military rank.image
- Hoheitszeichen Kfz Generalfeldmarschall.svg
- Military rank.image_size
- 100px
- Military rank.caption
- Rank flag
- Military rank.caption2
- Arabesque and Shoulder board(1942–1945)
- Military rank.image3
- GenFeldmarschall OF10 cam 1945.svg
- Military rank.formation
- 20 April 1936
- Military rank.abolished
- 1945
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- Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary
- Germany and Prussia
- German armies and air forces until 1945
- Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire
- Nazi Germany
- East Germany
- Modern Germany
- Other states to have used the title
- Electorate (1356–1806) and Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918)
- Ethiopia
- Russia
- See also
- References
thumb|250px|Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian marshal's baton, awarded to Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1895.]]
Generalfeldmarschall (; from Old High German marahscalc, "marshal, stable master, groom"; ; often abbreviated to Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire, (Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall); in the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, the rank Feldmarschall was used. The rank was the equivalent to Großadmiral () in the Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine, a five-star rank, comparable to OF-10 in today's NATO naval forces.